Due to a winter storm that moved into the area at the time of our scheduled meeting, we cancelled the in-person meeting, and decided to hold an online meeting instead using Google Hangout. It was AWESOME! Besides adjusting to being on camera and learning to navigate all these new controls at once, we had three DMAPT members participate in the Hangout, 5 viewers checking it out live streamed on YouTube, and the LTU students in the pre-service teaching program viewing from class. Google+ automatically created an archive video of our Hangout and posted it online for us. Now, anyone who didn't attend the meeting can still check it out.
Our Agenda:
If you tuned in at 7pm on 2/26/13, you could view the Hangout live streamed via YouTube:
Our Agenda:
- Google+ Hangouts
- Upcoming MSTA Conference with the DMAPT sponsored presentations and table
- Textbooks
- Online resources for teaching physics, including blended learning
- Waves, Energy, & Sound Demos and Labs
- Next meeting at the Michigan Science Centere
If you tuned in at 7pm on 2/26/13, you could view the Hangout live streamed via YouTube:
Rob Harr from Wayne State University shared an upcoming opportunity for high school students and teachers at Wayne State for a Master Class with the QuarkNet program on March 23. For more information about the Master Class at Wayne State, check out this informational flier.
There are three upcoming conferences that we discussed:
Michigan Science Teachers Association (MSTA)
Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning (MACUL)
2013 Conference [March 20-22 | Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI]
2013 Conference [March 20-22 | Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI]
Michigan Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (MIAAPT)
In Google+ Hangouts, we have the ability to share screens, video chat, text chat, and collaborate on work together all at the same time. Although the video archive only shows what's displayed in the main Hangout window, we can separately keep track of the chat window and archive it. The chat archive for this meeting can be found here.
QuarkNet is a program funded by the NSF designed to get high school physics teachers and students involved in particle physics research. There is a QuarkNet Masterclass which takes place at Wayne State University on Sat, March 23rd. Students and teachers will do what particle physicists do in looking for particles in CERN collider data and then collaborate with other students from around the world. There are also QuarkNet summer sessions at Wayne State and other locations. Students and teachers assemble and use cosmic ray muon detectors in two-week sessions to carry out student-designed cosmic ray experiments. Students and teachers receive a stipend for their research in the summer sessions. http://quarknet.fnal.gov/
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